Deuteronomy 6:4-15

4Listen, Israelites! The Lord alone is our God. There is no other true God.

5Love the Lord your God with all your mind and with all your strength. Love him with all that you are.

6Always think about these commands that I am giving you today.

7Teach them to your children at all times. Talk about them when you sit together at home. Talk about them as you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

8Tie them as signs on your arms and on your heads, so that you remember them.

9Write them on the wood beside the doors of your houses and on your gates.

10The Lord your God will soon bring you into a land that has large, beautiful cities that you did not build. That is the land that he promised to give to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

11It has houses that are full of good things that you did not put into them. There are wells of water that you did not dig. There are fields with grapes and olive trees that you did not plant. You will be able to eat as much as you want.

12But be careful that you do not forget the Lord. He rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.

13You must respect and obey the Lord your God. Serve only him. If you make a serious promise, only use his name to make it strong.

14Do not try to serve other gods. They are the gods that the people who live around you worship.

15The Lord your God lives among you. He wants you to belong to him alone. If you worship other gods, he will be very angry with you. He will completely destroy you from the whole earth.